The scheme gives communities the opportunity to identify assets of community value and have them listed and, when they are put up for sale, more time to raise finance and prepare to bid to buy for them.

Following nominations and assessment officers at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council had recommended that the Ball Haye Green Football Club site in Leek and the Community House at 7 Dovedale Close, Cheadle were listed.

Football has been played at the Ball Haye Green site since the 1930s and the club is looking to increase the number of junior teams for the next season.

The Dovedale Close property has been used by many residents on a regular basis.

A report to councillors by executive director and monitoring officer, Mark Trillo, said: “The council received a nomination on July 25, from Ball Haye Green Football Club (an unincorporated association) that Ball Haye Green Football Club, Ball Haye Road, Leek, should be listed under the Community Right to Bid measure of the Localism Act 2011.

“Officers have now assessed the nomination and confirm that Ball Haye Green Football Club is eligible to make the nomination. The land and buildings are used (and in the past five years) to further the social well-being and social interests of the local community, as defined by the Localism Act 2011, and this use is not ancillary.

“It is realistic to think that the building or land will continue to be used in a way which will further the social well-being and social interests of the community within the next five years.”